絹毛鼠

Japanese
Kanji in this term
絹 毛 鼠
きぬ
Grade: 6		 け > げ
Grade: 2		 ねずみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

絹 (kinu, “silk”) +‎ 毛 (ke, “fur”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “rat; mouse”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きぬげね​ずみ [kìnúgénéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝɡe̞ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

絹(きぬ)毛(げ)鼠(ねずみ) or 絹毛鼠(キヌゲネズミ) • (kinugenezumi) 

  1. (rare) Synonym of ハムスター (hamusutā, “hamster”)

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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